PASSPORT TO

THROUGH THE ARTS

Grab your passport and join ArtStart artists on an unforgettable adventure to Mexico through the arts! Mexico is a country with a rich cultural history that serves as an unique springboard for exciting experiences in the arts—from music to dance to

storytelling and visual arts. Classes for pre-school, school-age, and teens. Each Friday youth exhibit their art and perform for family and friends gathered at the Informance.

BOOK YOUR EXCURSION TO MEXICO THROUGH THE ARTS NOW!

JULY 8-12, 2019 Living Traditions

Begin your journey steeped in the art and culture of the first people of Mexico.

Civilizations such as the Olmec, Izapa, Teotihuacan, Maya, Zapotec, Mixtec,

Huastec, Purépecha, Totonac, Toltec and Aztec flourished for nearly 4,000 years before the first contact with Europeans. Create a myriad of art work inspired by

the cultural traditions of the first people and the beauty of the land.

JULY 15-19, 2019

A Fiesta of ArtExperience the art and culture that emerged with the colonization of

Mexico by Spain nearly 500 years ago. The Spanish introduced new materials such as wrought iron and woolen fabric and new ways of creating clay pots on the potter’s wheel and textiles made with the semi automatic looms used

in Europe. Create colorful art work that reflects the influence of both indigenous

and Spanish culture and traditions.

Invite family and friends to our Friday informances to enjoy performances and art work created throughout each week.

401 DRAWING & PAINTING

Sonora Desert WildlifeArtist Jeanette Dickinson takes you on a tour of the Sonoran desert of Mexico with its diverse habitat and amazing wildlife. Using a variety of drawing and painting media, capture your favorite animal on paper from the Gila Monster to the Mexican Wolf.

402 MUSIC

Instrument MakingThe Aztecs or Mexica used flutes and trumpets made of clay, bamboo and metal, as well as drums, cymbals, maracas, bells, gourds, and stones to produce music. Instrument making was an art. Join instrument maker and musician Douglas Ewart to create your own instrument inspired by those of the Aztecs.

403 PUPPETRY

The Journey of Tunuri and Blue DeerThe Journey of Tunuri and the Blue Deer is a modern adaptation of a traditional story of the Huichol Indians of western Mexico. Young Tunuri becomes lost in the woods and meets the magical Blue Deer. Work with artists Julie and Gustavo Boada to create magical puppet characters from the story complete with props and tell the story of the Blue Deer.

404 POTTERY

The Essential Coiled PotContainers for storing water, a pot for cooking beans, or a pot for soaking maize were essential kitchenware in Aztec households. Using red clay, work with artist Lisa Himmelstrup to learn the art of the coil pot. Then create a variety of containers with decorative images incised into the clay

and display them at our informance. (Note: the clay must dry for 2 weeks before it can be fired and returned to the child who made it.) Additional $10 materials fee.

405 PRINTMAKING

Symbols of LifeSymbolism was a part of every day life for the people of central Mexico. Symbols were used in writing, in keeping time and dates, in names and titles, on buildings and in artwork, and even in clothing. Using the printmaking process, work with artist Gustavo Lira to create an accordion-style book or codice of printed pages based on ancient symbol designs.

406 DANCE

Kalpulli YaocenoxtilExplore the arts and culture of the Mexica Aztec people with Kalpulli Yaocenoxtli. Learn about the beliefs and traditions of this ancient living culture and the importance of nature to the people. Practice Nahuatl words (the language of the Aztec) and learn sacred dances dances, including permiso guerro and the koatlicue dance. Learn about musical instruments and special dress worn for ceremonies.

407 TEXTILES

Huichol Yarn PaintingsNierikas are traditional yarn paintings made by the Huichol people. Natural glue, made from tree resin and beeswax, is applied to a board, and yarn is pressed into it and left to harden. The designs and symbols on the Nierikas are based on

the natural world. Work with artist Julie Boada to create your own Huichol yarn painting.

408 MASKMAKING

Día de los MuertosDia de los Muertos is a Mexica festival dedicated to the goddess Mictecacihuatl, the queen of the under world where souls of the ancestors reside. The skull is often a symbol of the celebration represented in a mask. Work with artist Gustavo Boada to create your own “Day of the Dead Skull” using traditional papier mache and decorate it in the spirit of this celebration.

409 WEAVING

From Petates to BasketsBasketry is one of the oldest crafts in Mexico seen in the Mexica (Aztec) codex books and carved into pyramids which can still be found all over Mexico especially in indigenous communities. Mats woven from palm called petates and baskets of

all sizes and shapes are used for everything from mattresses to storing warm tortillas to carrying things to market. Work with artist Rebekah Crisanta de Y Barra to learn about the history and styles of basket weaving from Mexico. Then weave a petate mat and a basket using modern reuse materials.

410 DRAWING & PAINTING

Amate PaintingAmate comes from the Nahuatl word amatl (paper). The paper is created from the bark of the wild fig tree, the nettle tree and mulberry tree. Paintings are colorful and feature flowers, birds, deer or rabbits and every day stories from the community such as fishing, hunting and harvesting. Work with Jeanette Dickinson to create a series of paintings on bark inspired by the traditional Amate paintings.

MORNING CL ASSES 8:30 -11:45 AM AFTERNOON CL ASSES 12:30 -3:45 PM

Indigenous Mexico WEEK ONE JULY 8-12, 2019

501 DRAWING/PAINTING

Frida KahloFrida Kahlo is considered one of Mexico’s greatest artists. Perhaps she is best known for her self-portraits in bold and vibrant colors. Work with artist Karen Anderson to learn about Kahlo’s life and ideas and how to unlock her beautiful works of art. Then draw and paint your own self-portrait filled with imaginative images and symbolism.

502 FOLK DANCE

Los Alegres Bailadores Work with dancer Rebecca Cusick of Los Alegres Bailadores to learn about the history and tradition of folk dances from different regions of Mexico. Learn traditional dances such as the “Mexican Hat Dance” and more. Then create props and your own special colorful costume.

503 MIXED MEDIA

Nichos Sometimes called a retablo, the nicho provides a wonderful format for creating a small personal space. Work with Jeanette Dickinson to learn about the history of this tradition. Then make your own nicho using a shadow box and paint it with vibrant colors. Then add clay objects that symbolize important people, animals, or events in your life to complete your own personal nicho. Additional $10 materials fee.

504 METAL WORK

RepousseRepousse metal work was introduced to Mexico during the French control of Mexico in the late 1800’s. Join artist Gustavo Boada and learn the repousse technique of hammering and stretching sheet metals into beautiful folk art.

505 TEXTILES

EmbroideryEmbroidery has a long history among indigneous people. In the 1500’s the Spanish brought new needlework skills that soon were incorporated into the embroidery work of native artisans. Work with artist Julie Boada to learn the art of embroidery. Using colorful thread and a needle, create your own fabric piece.

506 MASKS

Danza de los Viejitos Danza de los Viejitos is a traditional Mexican (Michoacan) folk dance in which dancers dress and move as old men. Work with artists Julie and Gustavo Boada to create an old man mask with intricately carved features. Next design your costume—a colorful poncho and sombrero decorated with ribbons. Add a cane and learn the movements.

507 MOSAICS

Artistry Takes Flight Work with artist Jeanette Dickinson to create a real keepsake—your favorite winged animal of Mexico in mosaics! Create the amazing Monarch butterfly that migrates from North America to Mexico and back, or the Golden Eagle, the national bird of Mexico, or the petite hummingbird or other winged wonders of Mexico. Additional $10 materials fee.

508 BOOK ARTS

The HorseSince their arrival aboard Spanish ships in the 1500s, horses have been part of the story of the Mexico. Work with artist Meg Erke to learn about the history of Mexican horse breeds and their importance to the charros, the traditional cowboys of northern and central Mexico. Then using oil pastels, mylars, colored pencils, and more create an unique handmade book that tells the story of your favorite breed of Mexican horse.

509 CLAY

Talaveras TilesThe rich Talavera pottery heritage was introduced to Mexico by Spanish guild artisans of the Colonial period. Work with artist Karen Anderson to paint 4 pre-fired tiles with glazes in the style of the talaveras tiles of Mexico.(Note: the firing can take up to 4 weeks before the tiles are returned to the child who made it.) Additional $10 materials fee.

510 SCULPTURE

AlebrijesRemember that crazy colorful flying beast in the movie Coco? The beast was based on los alebrijes (ah-leh-BREE-hays), the fantastical creatures that are carved and painted in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. They are meant to be unique and highly imaginative! Work with artist Laurie Witzkowski to make your own alebrije, painted with brilliant colors. You’ll also learn a Mexican song or two along the way.

MORNING CL ASSES 8:30 -11:45 AM AFTERNOON CL ASSES 12:30 -3:45 PM

Spanish Influences WEEK TWO JULY 15-19, 2019

A Start with the ArtsAGES 4 -5 YEARS

Camp CreateAGES 13+ YEARS

Registration FormComplete one registration form per child. Please print clearly and be sure to complete front and back sides. Registration is also available on-line with PayPal payment by visiting www.artstart.org. Click on Passport to India under Summer Camps.

Child: First Name

Last Name

Age in July 2018

Parent/Guardian: First Name

Last Name

Address

City

State Zip

E-mail

Contact Phone Number(s):

!!!! IMPORTANT!!!!!Turn form over and indicate class choices and method of payment to complete registration.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

QUESTIONSFor more information call 651-698-2787 or contact Cindy Smith at cindy@artstart.org or visit our website at www.artstart.org

DEADLINEMonday, June 17, 2019 but classes fill very quickly. We support children attending camp with a friend and will place them in the same class. Half day offered both morning and afternoon. Class ratio: 1 teacher/15 students. Confirmation letters and directions sent out June 24, 2019. In addition, partial scholarships are available.

DISCOUNTSArtStart Members*: Join now and receive a 10% discount! Discounts do not apply to aftercare or additional materials fees.

ARTSTART MEMBERSHIPS*Household: $50 Adult: $45Senior (age 55+): $35 Student (age 16-25): $25See member information at www.artstart.org/ become-a-member

CANCELL ATION FEESJune 3- June 30: 20% of fee forfeitedJuly 1- July 6: 50% of fee forfeitedJuly 7 or later: 100% of fee forfeited

GENERAL CLASS INFORMATION

LOCATION All classes are held in school rooms at Mount Zion Temple located at 1300 Summit Ave, St. Paul 55105www.mzion.org

FRIDAY INFORMANCESEach Friday family and friends of pre-schoolers and school age children are invited to attend ArtStart’s Informance where children share their art work and performances created throughout the week. A flyer will be sent home mid-week announcing the time and place of the Friday Informance.

FULL DAY INFORMATION

LUNCH & SNACKSFull day students need to bring a lunch. Lunch is supervised. Children should also bring a morning and afternoon fruit break.

AFTER CAREAfter care is supervised and unstructured so that children can relax. Children are free to bring games, or books and to make art on their own. If we show videos, we like to provide further learning about a culture through documentaries or stories. Extended day students should also bring an additional snack.

Pre-school children ages 4-5 years register for “A Start with the Arts” offered morning only Monday-Friday, both weeks.

A Start With the Arts offers 4-5 year-olds the opportunity to work with a teaching artist/educator and guest artists from Mexico to explore the art, culture, and wildlife of Mexico through singing, movement, drama, art making and other hands-on activities. The program for pre-schoolers parallels the school-age program in theme and content, Indigenous Mexico: July 8-12 and Spanish Influences: July 15-19. A Start With the Arts children share their art work and perform at the Friday school-age informance. MORNING SESSION ONLY: 8:30-11:40 AM TUITION: $165/WEEK

Youth ages 13 years and older register for “Camp CREATE”. Camp Create is a studio-based camp offered June 24-27 with classes that parallel the theme of Mexico featuring indepth experiences in 4 art forms-drawing and painting, sculpture, puppetry, and textiles. See the ArtStart website for a brochure.

Payment in full must accompany registration form.

❑ Cash ❑ Check (payable to ArtStart) # ❑ Visa ❑ Mastercard ❑ Discover

Credit card # Exp. Date 3-digit CVVSubmit registrations in person or mail to: ArtStart ArtScraps, 1459 St. Clair Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105

FOR OFFICE USE ONLY: m Cash m Check #: m Credit Card Amount Date Paid / /2018 m In Person m By Phone m By US Mail

Spanish Influences WEEK 2: JULY 15-19

AGES 4-5: ❑ A Start with the Arts - 8:30-11:40 am (Tuition: $165)

AGES 6-12: ❑ Morning (Tuition: $165) ❑ Afternoon (Tuition: $165) ❑ Full Day (Tuition: $325)

In the chart below, choose one age-appropriate class for each time period you are registering for.

MORNING 501 Draw/Paint

502Dance

503Mixed +$10

504Metal Work

505Textiles

8:30-10 am10:15-11:45 am

❑ ages 9-12❑ ages 6-8

❑ ages 6-8 ❑ mixedages

❑ ages 9-12❑ ages 6-8

❑ ages 6-8❑ ages 9-12

❑ ages 6-8❑ ages 9-12

AFTERNOON 506 Masks

507Mosiac s +$10

508Book Arts

509Clay +$10

510Sculpture

12:30-2 pm2:15-3:45 pm

❑ ages 6-8❑ mixed ages

❑ ages 6-8 ❑ ages 9-12

❑ ages 6-8❑ ages 9-12

❑ ages 9-12❑ ages 6-8

❑ ages 9-12❑ ages 6-8

Aftercare Needed: 3:45-5 pm ❑ M ❑ T ❑ W ❑ Th ($7 each day)

$ + $ + $ = $ Total of Tuition Materials Fee Aftercare WEEK 2 TOTAL

ArtStart ArtistsThe ArtStart roster of artists for our summer programming includes both artists and arts educators

who represent diverse cultural backgrounds and art forms. All have a deep commitment to the arts and nurturing each person’s creative artist within.

ArtStart artists and staff cordially invite you to start your summer with the arts!

Karen AndersonDRAWING/PAINTING • CLAYKaren Anderson is an elementary art teacher for Hopkins Public Schools and lead art educator for the elementary art program. She especially enjoys teaching drawing and painting to young children. Her personal artmaking interests range from drawing and painting, to photography, to pottery. She is an avid traveler and outdoor enthusiast.

Julie BoadaPUPPETRY • MASKMAKING • BEADWORKJulie Boada is an Anishinabe artist, storyteller, puppeteer and art educator. She has worked regionally and nationally for the past 25 years, both with Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre and independently. Julie has received grants from Minnesota State Arts Board and Jerome Foundation. She has a B.A. in Studio Arts and American Indian Studies from the University of Minnesota. She is passionate about work that fosters cultural pride and value.

Gustavo BoadaPUPPETRY • MASKMAKING • ARCHITECTURE Gustavo Boada is a theater-based multidisciplinary artist with more than 22 years of working in professional theater in Peru, Chile, Puerto Rico, Pennsylvania and Minnesota. He is known for his work with traditional dance and performance masks, as well as designing and building puppets, performance structures and set design. In 2007 he was invited by Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre to be part of the May Day staff.

Jeanette DickinsonPAINTING • MOSAIC • MIXED MEDIAJeanette Dickinson received BA in art with a focus on sculpture, from the University of Minnesota. Jeanette has works in private collections, and recently illustrated the book, Nature Seeker Workbook. “It is my belief that bringing art to a community is an expression of how we perceive, respond and record the world around us. We share in a moment of creation our thoughts, feelings and history as an individual and as a society.”

Indigenous Mexico WEEK 1: JULY 8-12

AGES 4-5: ❑ A Start with the Arts - 8:30-11:40 am (Tuition: $165)

AGES 6-12: ❑ Morning (Tuition: $165) ❑ Afternoon (Tuition: $165) ❑ Full Day (Tuition: $325)

In the chart below, choose one age-appropriate class for each time period you are registering for.

MORNING 401 Draw/Paint

402Music

403Puppetry

404Pottery +$10

405Printmaking

8:30-10 am10:15-11:45 am

❑ ages 6-8❑ ages 9-12

❑ ages 6-8❑ mixed ages

❑ ages 9-12❑ ages 6-8

❑ ages 9-12❑ ages 6-8

❑ ages 6-8❑ ages 9-12

AFTERNOON 406 Dance

407Textiles

408Masks

409Weaving

410Draw/Paint

12:30-2 pm2:15-3:45 pm

❑ ages 9-12❑ ages 6-8

❑ ages 6-8 ❑ ages 9-12

❑ mixed ages❑ ages 6-8

❑ ages 9-12❑ ages 6-8

❑ ages 6-8❑ ages 9-12

Aftercare Needed: 3:45-5 pm ❑ M ❑ T ❑ W ❑ Th ($7 each day)

$ + $ + $ = $ Total of Tuition Materials Fee Aftercare WEEK 1 TOTAL

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Laurie WitzkowskiPUPPETEER • STORYTELLERLaurie Witzkowski is a maker of theater, music, ceremony and gardens in both English and Spanish. In addition to her theater work with In the Heart of the Beast, Bedlam, TigerLion Arts, Theater Mu, Mixed Precipitation,and many others, she has performed widely across the country and the world, in venues from Lincoln Center to war zones, prisons and sacred sites; with Mikis Theodorakis, Meredith Monk, orchestras and opera companies, as well as film and recordings.

Rebekah Crisanta de YbarraFOLK ARTIST • DANCER Rebekah Crisanta de Ybarra is a multidisciplinary post-modern folk artist. She works in visual art, music, and performance. Crisanta studied studio art at St. Olaf College and folk art at Holtekilen Folkehøgskole in Norway, and is both self-taught and family-taught in traditional art techniques. She is also a Mexica/Azteca dancer and a musician of the band Lady Xok. She is a founder of the Xican@ arts collective Electric Machete Studios on St. Paul’s West Side.

Meg ErkePAINTING • PRINTINGMeg Erke is a painter, collage and book artist and art educator. Before working as a professional artist, Meg was a visual arts teacher in middle and high schools. Meg loves taking old discarded things like windows, old books, maps, and fabric and bringing new life to them through art. In addition to working with youth, Meg has developed and implemented art lessons in a variety of mediums for adults with developmental disabilities.

Douglas R. EwartINSTRUMENT MAKING • MUSIC COMPOSITIONBorn in Jamaica, Douglas R. Ewart is a professional musician, composer, and instrument builder. His appearances in the Twin Cities and Chicago are met with rave reviews by the contemporary music community in which Ewart showcases his musical and instrument construction skill performing/improvising on instruments he builds using a variety of recycled and salvaged materials. Ewart has taught in ArtStart’s summer interdisciplinary arts program since its inception in 1992.

Kalpulli Yaocenoxtli AZTEC DANCERSKalpulli Yaocenoxtli Aztec Dancers signifies the warriors of the first cactus flower. This group is composed of families that are committed to teaching our children, families and the community through the traditions, history and the art of dance of the Mexihca (Aztec) culture. The alliance of families (Kalpulli) is in a constant state of learning; as we learn from our youngest children to our oldest elders.

Los Alegres Bailadores Rebecca Moran CusickDANCER • CHOREOGRAPHERRebecca Cusick founded Los Alegres Bailadores in 1977. Today, Los Alegres Bailadores is one of the most established folkloric dance groups in the state of Minnesota with students ranging in ages from three years old through adults and a current enrollment of over 100 students. Rebecca travels to Mexico regularly to study and archive folkloric dances that can be introduced to her students in Minnesota. The group’s costumes, music, and rich repertoire of dances are a direct result of Rebecca’s passion to keep this beautiful art alive for generations to come.

About ArtStartFounded in 1988 ArtStart has worked for over 30 years at the intersection of arts, environmental stewardship, and cultural learning to develop quality arts education opportunities accessible to all. ArtStart’s roster includes artists who are highly skilled teachers and who represent diverse cultural and artistic backgrounds.

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